OMG! Head tracking has made the game soooooo much better!

smartroad

smartroad
I have been looking for a simple and elegant solution for head tracking in ED. The main one I found was using a webcamera to see IR LEDs. Didn't like that as it didn't work with my webcam and I didn't really want to buy another just for that purpose. I put the idea on the back burner, after all it couldn't make the game that much better.

At the end of last week I was bored and had another look for some form of head tracking that was cheap - I was actually thinking of getting a webcam that would work. However I actually found EDTracker. A quick order of two components, three day wait, about an hour to wire it all up (jury rigged at the moment!) and voila, head tracking!

It really does change the way that I am playing at the moment. Makes it so much more immersive (as I can't afford a Rift!). Seriously £10 (inc P&P) a little solder and wire, free software and you have a bloody good head tracking system!

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I plan tomorrow to make a 3D printed case for it and then screw it to the cap :D
 

Gibbeth

G
smartroad said:
It really does change the way that I am playing at the moment. Makes it so much more immersive (as I can't afford a Rift!). Seriously £10 (inc P&P) a little solder and wire, free software and you have a bloody good head tracking system!
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Very nice!
 

Ryanextreme143

Ryanextreme143
Sounds Awesome! I would temp it myself, however i feel that i would burn every inch of my fingers off and not have the patience for it haha
 

Nomadski

Nomadski
There's nothing elegant about that!! :D

Seriously though, glad your enjoying it, headtracking REALLY improves the gameplay massively, it just frees you from the static face forward view.

Couldn't be without my TrackIR. :)
 

Kamicosmos

Kamicosmos
Very cool! I gave in and picked up a TrackIR 5. Been wanting one since they came out, and ED was finally the game to make me do it. It does greatly help in game play and realism.
 

Karmae

K
I got TrackIR 5 a couple days after I signed up to beta. I was just astonished at how impressively well the technology works and the slickness of head tracking / VR implementation in ED. DK2 arrives on Wednesday... can't wait to give that a whirl :D

Well done on putting your own system together :)
 

Blue_Skunk

Blue_Skunk
OMG! Head tracking has made the game soooooo much better!
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+1
I'm using PS3cam, delan clip and facetracknoir (point tracker mode)... Dog fighting is much more fun when you can follow the target over your shoulder and turn to intercept :)
 

smartroad

smartroad
Nomadski said:
There's nothing elegant about that!! :D
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I know, just testing it with that setup :D It is only tapped to the cap with Kapton tape at the moment :lol:

Will hopefully have a 3D printed case tonight though, assuming I can drag myself away from the game for long enough hehe
 

[VR] Mad Mike

[VR] Mad Mike
head tracking really does make a game better... now you just need to take it to the next level and get a rift CV1 when it comes out..... ;)
 

Cosmos

C
Yeah the ED tracker is awesome, and props to the team for getting it rock solid. Whilst I doubt it matches the Rift for full on immersion I think its still gonna be great to have as a way to supplement the game even after the Rift is fully released. For example, its not exactly feasible to stream with the rift on. :)
 

Novaflare

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Is there any way to buy them assembled? Between £10 for the bare components and £120 for TrackIR, there really should be additional options on the market...
 

smartroad

smartroad
Got my 3D printed case made for this. I plan to make another one eventually, this one is a little too tight for all the components. And this one is hot glued onto the cap, want a better solution ;)

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FX2K

FX2K
Mad Mike said:
head tracking really does make a game better... now you just need to take it to the next level and get a rift CV1 when it comes out..... ;)
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This... I used the PS3 eyecam with facetracknoir for a while and it was great.. but then came the DK2 and WOW!
Now we just need the CV1 and we have a match made in heaven.
 

smartroad

smartroad
I do plan on getting OR CV1 when it comes out. Although I do wonder about being able to use all the functions of the ship from my Saitek X45 joystick as I wouldn't be able to see the keyboard when I have the OR on!!
 

FX2K

FX2K
smartroad said:
I do plan on getting OR CV1 when it comes out. Although I do wonder about being able to use all the functions of the ship from my Saitek X45 joystick as I wouldn't be able to see the keyboard when I have the OR on!!
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Two words... Voice Attack.
 
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